Rev Isaac Bischofswerder

Isaac Bischofswerder

• 1871 England & Wales Census
• Birth: Circa 1823 - Germany
• Residence: 1871 - Belgrave Terrace, Penzance, Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Wife: Rachel Bischofswerder
• Children: Jette Bischofswerder, Marcus Bischofswerder, David Bischofswerder, Morris Bischofswerder, Marks Bischofswerder, Saly Bischofswerder, Agusta Bischofswerder

Isaac Bischofswerder

• England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005
• Death date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1899
• Death place: Penzance, Cornwall, England
• Birth date: Circa 1822

http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/Penzance/Penzanceh.htm

The advent of Isaac Bischofswerder and his numerous family saved the situation for some considerable time. He was appointed minister in 1865 and remained in office for twenty years. But by 1890 the situation of decay had recurred; in that year it was decided that if no Minyan should have presented itself in Synagogue by 9.40 on a Sabbath the service would be continued without a reading from the scroll. The last meeting of the synagogue was held on 7th March 1892; three of the Bischofswerder family and two other (non-resident) members met for the annual general meeting at which was recorded a deficit of £6, and the last wedding of the community took place four months later.

In the course of the new few years the last of the congregation died or else transferred themselves elsewhere. The services of the minister were discontinued. No one now remained excepting Mr. Morris Bischofswerder, a son of the former officiant. On the High Festivals he would open the Synagogue and recite his prayers in melancholy solitude. At last, in 1913, he too left the town. The Synagogue, constructed in a burst of eager enthusiasm just over a century before, was sold and became a Plymouth Brethren Meeting House. The fittings were removed and scattered. All that is left is the burial ground at the back of Leskinnick Terrace, the last internment in which took place in 1911.